27 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court · November 9, 1993
Fisk v. Wcab (general Elec.) (1993)
…Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, which had required benefits to be calculated on the decedent's 1980 wage (date of last exposure) and had reversed the referee's 20% penalty against General Electric; the claimant widow…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · September 1, 1998
Sporio v. Wcab (Songer Const.) (1998)
Lawrence Sporio worked as a bricklayer for about twenty-five years. In 1983 he filed workers' compensation claims against several employers. A referee found he had been exposed to silica, asbestos and other dusts and had mixed dust pneumoconiosis,…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · April 11, 1994 · in the opinion
DiDio v. Philadelphia Asbestos Corp. (1994)
…Hence, although we vacate the judgment entered against Fibreboard, this does not affect the validity of the judgment entered against O-I. See, e.g., General Electric Credit Corp. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 437 Pa…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · April 4, 1996 · in the opinion
Simmons v. Pacor, Inc. (1996)
…Bubash v. Philadelphia Electric Company, 717 F.Supp. 297 (M.D.Pa.1989) (emotional distress resulting [\678] from fear of contracting cancer is not recoverable absent physical injury); Friedman v. General Electric Company, 706 F.Supp…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court · July 25, 1994 · in the opinion
Ace Robbins, Inc. v. Wcab (bullock) (1994)
…caused by two work-related exposures with two different employers. We agree that such a test is inappropriate to determine which of two employers is liable. General Electric Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Kosinski)…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · June 24, 1993 · in the opinion
Today's Exp., Inc. v. Barkan (1993)
…all units are in the same general condition as those units which have been inspected, and that the conditon \[sic\] of the building, roof and gutters, and heating, plumbing and electrical systems is satisfactory to Buyer…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · March 30, 1999 · in the opinion
Baker v. AC&S, Inc. (1999)
…v. Gamble, 201 Pa. 289, 50 A. 971 (1902); Turton v. Powelton Electric Co., 185 Pa. 406, 39 A. 1053 (1898). Thus, "\[e\]ven if two parties were equally responsible for the plaintiff's injury, one…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania · April 3, 1992 · in the opinion
Sealover v. Carey Canada (1992)
…the court must consider all evidence in the light most favorable to the non-moving party. White v. Westinghouse Electric Company, 862 F.2d 56, 59 (3d Cir.1988). Evidentiary issues Defendants contend that: (1) plaintiff…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · May 25, 1993 · in the opinion
Dempsey v. Pacor, Inc. (1993)
…1094 (1991). Appellees acknowledge this general pronouncement of law but contend that retroactive application should only occur when the issue at the center of the change in law has been properly preserved for review. Certainly appellants…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · January 22, 1997 · in the opinion
Sharpless v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1997)
…pains. In that case, the patient died after the hospital failed to provide an operable electrocardiogram machine. The plaintiff's expert witness in Bashline offered an opinion that if the hospital employed certain methods and treatment…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · September 30, 1996
Blase v. Allied Signal Inc. (1996)
Mildred Blase sued several companies after the death of her husband, Harold Blase, an auto mechanic at Bell of Pennsylvania. She claimed that working with the defendants' products, which allegedly contained asbestos, caused his lung cancer and…
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Court case · U.S. Supreme Court · June 25, 1997 · in the opinion
Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor (1997)
"But the settlement does more than simply provide a general recovery fund," the Court of Appeals immediately added; "\[r\]ather, it makes important judgments on how recovery is to be allocated among different kinds of plaintiffs…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · December 9, 1992
Taliferro v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1992)
…Fear of Cancer and Medical Monitoring; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Philadelphia Navy Yard); Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia laborer doing general cleanup and debris removal on ships Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia 1967-1981
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · July 27, 1990
JH France Refractories v. Allstate Insurance Co. (1990)
…s allocation and held that insurers pay pro rata by time on the risk, with France bearing uninsured periods. Under comprehensive general liability policies, the entire asbestos disease process from first exposure to manifestation triggers coverage…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · July 27, 1992 · in the opinion
United Nat. Ins. Co. v. JH France Refractories Co. (1992)
… rather, it seeks to apply the general rule which requires an action to be brought within the statutory period from the time when the right to institute and maintain the suit arose. Because Appellant had that…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · April 14, 1995 · in the opinion
Kirk v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1995)
…the petit jury venire. The Supreme Court announced a general rule that "\[t\]he denial or impairment of the right \[to exercise peremptory challenges\] is reversible error without a showing of prejudice." Swain, 380 U.S…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · July 7, 1993 · in the opinion
Behrendt v. GAF Corp. (1993)
…fishing, woodworking. Mr. Behrendt's pain symptoms eventually led to a diagnosis of mesothelioma in December 1990. He was taken to the Emergency Room at Community General Osteopathic Hospital, Harrisburg, on December 23, 1990 with a…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · August 22, 1991 · in the opinion
Lilley v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1991)
…asbestosis sufferers in general and specifically by a person with Mr. Lilley's type of symptoms. Id. at 41-46. Dr. Altschuler offered no testimony regarding Mr. Lilley's psychological profile nor the general psychological characteristics…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · January 25, 1991 · in the opinion
Moran v. G. & WH Corson, Inc. (1991)
…with Bob Hinks. Q. About that knowledge? A. A general discussion, a light general thing that I had read about in the paper or, you know, not actually getting into detail. Q. You read about what…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · November 29, 1995 · in the opinion
United Nat. Ins. v. France Refractories (1995)
…466 A.2d 103, 105 (1983). We have observed that, "\[i\]n the absence of fraud or concealment, it is a general rule that laches follows the statute of limitations." Silver v. Korr, 392 Pa. 26…